Pre-Trip Report: Catt’s Annual Family Summer Vacation (June 2024)

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to Where I Long To Be, a magical trip report podcast.

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VIRGINIA: My name is Virginia, and I am your host.

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VIRGINIA: On today's episode, I am excited to welcome back Catt from Catt in the Kingdom, who has been on the show before.

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VIRGINIA: As a reminder, Catt is a travel planner who would love to help you plan your next magical vacation.

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VIRGINIA: Her information is in the show notes, so please don't hesitate to reach out.

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VIRGINIA: And with that, here's Catt.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to the podcast, Catt in the Kingdom.

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VIRGINIA: Long time no see, old friend.

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CATT: I know.

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VIRGINIA: How have you been?

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CATT: I've been great, busy.

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VIRGINIA: I'm sure you have been.

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CATT: Yeah, it's been, I mean, pretty much a whole school year since, I think, the last time.

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CATT: I think we were just barely getting started last time.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: And with you being a travel agent and being a teacher, that's a lot on your plate.

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VIRGINIA: So I have to ask, based on where you are in the world, which is North Carolina, correct?

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CATT: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Are you done with the school year at this point?

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CATT: Yes.

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CATT: Our kids have been done since last Tuesday, officially for all children last Friday.

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CATT: That's when we actually had graduation.

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CATT: And this week is like our cleanup, you know, move stuff, all that kind of all the fun stuff, you know, afterwards.

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VIRGINIA: So why don't you just take a second and for anybody who did not listen to your previous episode, which I will I will link to it in the show notes in case people want to hear about the last trip that we talked about, which was a really quick trip, give us a little sense of who you are and what you do in the Disney sphere.

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CATT: I am a vacation planner that works exclusively with Disney parks.

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CATT: So both Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, Disney Cruise Line, and then Adventures by Disney.

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CATT: And that's kind of my main area of focus.

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CATT: But I am specialized and pretty much know as much as you can know about the Walt Disney World Resort.

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CATT: I am an annual pass holder and a DVC member, which is brand new.

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CATT: We actually were just in October.

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CATT: It was our one year of actually owning DVC.

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CATT: And so that gives us the kind of the freedom to go down quite a few times a year, two times guaranteed.

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CATT: In the past, we've been able to squeeze in obviously a couple more, up to four or five.

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VIRGINIA: And where's your home resort?

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CATT: Home resort is the Polynesian.

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VIRGINIA: Are you excited about the new expansion?

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CATT: I actually am.

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CATT: I think it's because I'm coming in new to the whole DVC realm.

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CATT: And I don't know, I tend to have rose colored glasses anyway, when it comes to things, new things that Disney wants to do.

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CATT: I know there are some things that even when I'm excited about them, there's always a little bit of hesitation.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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CATT: Because I know that some things that don't always shake out the way we all want them to.

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CATT: But this is one that I feel like, especially personal for me, I bought into a home resort knowing I wouldn't have access to one bedrooms.

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CATT: And being okay with it because I knew it seven months out, I could go somewhere if that was important to me.

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CATT: And it's not often that that's even really a thing because we have a family of four, and that's who we travel with.

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CATT: So really a one bedroom isn't necessary.

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CATT: It's nice, but it's not a deal breaker.

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CATT: But then when this was announced, the first thing I thought of was this is actually going to finally give the last DVC resort that doesn't have that kind of structure, those options.

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CATT: Because basically it's you go to a studio, which can sleep four to five, or you have to get a bungalow and that's it.

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CATT: And those are your only options for a vacation.

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CATT: So it's either you're bringing that family of four or five, and hopefully that fifth is very small.

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CATT: Or you're having to basically spend your whole allotment of points for maybe one night in a bungalow.

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CATT: And that's just not, you know, that's not doable for a lot of people.

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CATT: So I just like that this is going to give us more options.

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CATT: So especially one bedrooms, but also some different variations of two bedrooms.

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CATT: They're not going to do the three bedroom, which I'm kind of shocked, but I think I get it.

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CATT: I think they don't want to compete with the bungalow because some people don't want to rent those.

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CATT: And I totally understand.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: It's sort of like the cabins over at Wilderness Lodge, which I would love to stay in one day.

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VIRGINIA: So if Disney wants to host me there, I would happily go stay in one of those cabins.

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VIRGINIA: But they sleep less people than the three bedrooms that are in the main building.

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VIRGINIA: So you you kind of look at the layout of the room and how people will be able to have privacy where they need to sleep.

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VIRGINIA: And it's really not as appealing as the three bedroom.

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CATT: Yeah.

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CATT: And some of those three bedrooms, I mean, like you look at a grand villa, they can be two stories.

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CATT: They sleep 12.

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CATT: They are I mean, just massive where, yeah, people could spread out, do whatever they want.

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CATT: Some resorts have it even structured where you can you have like a separate entrance out of one side.

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CATT: And, you know, and then then you've got like, geez, the Riviera ones, they're like these long, they almost look like giant like penthouse suites that you would only find in like, you know, really fancy apartments.

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CATT: And oh, my gosh, they're ridiculous.

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CATT: But yeah, it's like that way more attractive than something like a cabin that can maybe only sleep nine, some of them.

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CATT: And then you've got nine with two people in the living room.

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CATT: Yeah.

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CATT: And then you've got some that I think can only sleep like six to eight.

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CATT: And then like the bungalows that can only sleep eight.

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CATT: So like, it's amazing and they're beautiful, but they're so, you know, you're really limited as like what you get.

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CATT: Space with all those people.

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CATT: Like you say, you get all those people to be able to afford it.

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CATT: It's, you know.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Hmm.

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VIRGINIA: Well, I am looking forward to eventually at some point, making my way back over to the Polynesian, whether it is in a traditional old school studio or in the new building, because that's, I would say, my second favorite resort at this point.

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VIRGINIA: But let's talk about your trip.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you going to be staying for this vacation?

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CATT: All right.

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CATT: Perfect timing.

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CATT: My husband just left.

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CATT: We are actually staying at the Polynesian and he does not know.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, where does he think you're staying?

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CATT: He has no idea.

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CATT: He is one of those ones where he is 100% on board for all the Disney adventures, but he doesn't really ask a lot of questions.

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CATT: That's fine, but by the time he finally does start asking some questions, it's only after I've said, hey, can we go ahead and buy the kids' tickets or do we want to do that?

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CATT: He gets control.

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CATT: I don't want it to sound like he never gets to play.

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CATT: He, of course, has things that he loves and we make time for them.

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CATT: But this time around, I had booked this.

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CATT: It had been booked for a while because it's DVC, you've got to grab it to 11 months and we went on and we talked about it.

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CATT: I had it booked and knew we were going to go in the summer.

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CATT: We tried to run away the second school ends.

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CATT: It really wasn't until the beginning, like after New Year's that he started actually asking questions.

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CATT: He's like, are we going over the summer?

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CATT: I said, yeah, it's been booked.

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CATT: He's like, okay.

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CATT: Again, didn't really ask any questions and at that point I was like, this is going to be fun.

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CATT: I am going to avoid any standard detail.

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CATT: I'm not going to say anything unless he flat out asks.

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CATT: Then by the time he did, I was like, you know what?

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CATT: This is more fun.

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CATT: You're not going to know.

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CATT: We're just going to point that card and we'll end up there and you'll know.

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CATT: But of course, we've played other things together, like dining and other little things that we want to do.

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VIRGINIA: Have you avoided putting it into your My Disney Experience?

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VIRGINIA: Because you have to link it from your DVC over to your My Disney Experience.

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VIRGINIA: Or does he just not go into My Disney Experience?

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CATT: He just doesn't go into it.

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CATT: It's been linked, but I have messed with it.

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CATT: I added a night at one point and I had to get all that changed.

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CATT: I had to merge the reservation, so that had to send us more e-mails.

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CATT: I had to update that and I have made and canceled dining reservations.

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CATT: That pings his e-mail just as it does mine.

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CATT: He just doesn't bother with it.

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CATT: He's one of those where he'll use it when we're there on the ground, but he's not.

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CATT: I guess what I'm saying is he's a rational person that doesn't feel the need to open that app every day like I do, which I understand is a uniquely me thing.

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CATT: I know everything that's in there and I take care of that stuff anyway.

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CATT: That's where he's at is he's like, yeah, she's going to take care of it.

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CATT: It'll be fine.

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VIRGINIA: I just saw something on social media.

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VIRGINIA: There was this gif or maybe it was a video.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know.

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VIRGINIA: But it was some movie that Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman were in, and they're in the car driving and he's just looking straight ahead like no expression, and she's singing at the top of her lungs and somebody had put on top of the video in every pair of people.

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VIRGINIA: There's one person who makes all the plans, makes all the reservations, and there's another person who's just along for the party and has no idea what's going on and just is happy to be there when it happens.

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VIRGINIA: And the two people always marry each other, it said.

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VIRGINIA: So I was like, I can relate to that because my husband is more than happy to do what I plan, and he is just happy that he didn't have to do the work for it.

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CATT: So anyway, yeah, yeah, that sounds pretty accurate.

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CATT: That's kind of how we are.

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CATT: That's why I was like, it just I realized that kind of like, you know, every time we go, he doesn't really ask a ton of questions.

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CATT: He may randomly just be like, and where are we staying again?

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CATT: Or how long are you going for?

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CATT: You know, just be randomly.

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CATT: And then this time I was just like, I wonder how long I could get away with just being really vague and never saying where we're going or what we're doing.

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CATT: He just knows that we're going to go and go to a couple of parks.

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CATT: And that's pretty much it.

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VIRGINIA: Well, you love it because obviously you signed up to be a travel planner.

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VIRGINIA: And so you're doing that with lots of other people all year long, not just for your own travel.

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VIRGINIA: So can you remind listeners who makes up your family?

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VIRGINIA: How old are the kids at this point?

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CATT: OK, so I have my husband and then I've got my daughter, Addison, who's seven, and then my son, Harrison, who just turned four.

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VIRGINIA: OK, is Harrison going to be starting pre-K next fall?

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CATT: He is.

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CATT: It is that time.

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VIRGINIA: Wow.

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VIRGINIA: Time flies.

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VIRGINIA: And Addison's going to be in, is it going to be second grade or third?

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CATT: Second grade.

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VIRGINIA: OK.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: OK.

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VIRGINIA: She's nearly a Disney adult.

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VIRGINIA: A couple more years.

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CATT: You know, she is doing fantastic.

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CATT: I am very proud of the progress that we have made with her because one of my favorite things is we'll watch like a live stream, like a resort TV one or something.

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CATT: And I will wait until they are in such a random spot.

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CATT: And then I'll kind of pat her on the shoulder and I'll go, hey, where are they right now?

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CATT: And she'll look up and she'll take a 20 second scan of the environment and she'll be like Epcot.

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CATT: And I'm like, yes.

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CATT: You're doing fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

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VIRGINIA: That sounds so familiar to me with my son.

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VIRGINIA: Oh my gosh.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So are all four of you going on this trip?

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VIRGINIA: Will there be anyone else with you?

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CATT: They are going, yes.

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CATT: So this is a whole family.

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CATT: This is kind of like become, since we've become DVC, this is like kind of our new summer vacation.

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CATT: Like it's the one trip for the most part that we can guarantee to take.

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CATT: And it's all four of us that go, but no one else is going.

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CATT: Last year when we went, we had the grandparents meet us and they stayed somewhere else and we stayed on property.

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CATT: But this year it's just the four of us.

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VIRGINIA: OK, so I know that the last trip that we talked through, you drove down.

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VIRGINIA: So will you be driving down again?

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CATT: Yes, we are.

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CATT: We are still driving.

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VIRGINIA: OK, so your trip is Sunday, June 2nd through Friday, June 7th.

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VIRGINIA: Are you starting your drive on the 2nd?

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CATT: Yes, yeah.

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CATT: We try to leave anywhere between, well, it really depends on how we sleep, anywhere between like three sometimes to five.

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CATT: Like if we're just so restless and we can't sleep and it's like, OK, at this point, we're just up, you know, get as much driving done in the dark as possible, then we'll do that.

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CATT: But I think the latest we ever try to leave is definitely by 5 a.m.

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CATT: So we're always missing different cities traffic.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And you're coming from Charlotte.

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CATT: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Just so that listeners will have a sense of where in the world you are coming from.

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VIRGINIA: Will you be stopping at Bucky's on the way down?

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CATT: Oh, absolutely.

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CATT: That is that is our last because of the we hit the first one that you come into kind of once you enter Florida, you get right past Jacksonville.

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CATT: And I can't remember which one of it's the Tampa or Daytona one.

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CATT: I feel like logically my Floridian brain should be able to keep it straight, but I can't.

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CATT: But the first one we stop at on the way down and then we always hit the closest one to Walt Disney World on the way back.

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CATT: And that's like our last like we always know it's like pretty much two hours almost exactly from there.

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CATT: And that's like our second wind, like, oh, yeah, life.

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CATT: We get a good snack, you know, and we're ready to to check in.

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CATT: So absolutely.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So you're an annual pass holder.

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VIRGINIA: Are the rest of the family members annual pass holders?

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CATT: I am and my husband is.

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CATT: My kids are not because we tend to take some trips without them.

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CATT: In the last two years, when we have taken our added more spontaneous trips, they weren't necessarily a part of most of them.

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CATT: So at that point, we were like, it's probably safer to not put that kind of cost on theirs until we were like 100 percent sure we can at least go more or at least do more park days with them.

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CATT: And with the three just new four year old that, you know, still has all his quirks, we know that like long park days or multiple park days back to back is still not something he can do.

00:14:40.892 --> 00:14:45.332
CATT: So until that kind of happens, we're like, and we can kind of wait a little while until they're older.

00:14:45.912 --> 00:14:46.252
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:14:46.452 --> 00:14:46.792
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:14:46.812 --> 00:14:48.852
VIRGINIA: So what kind of tickets did you purchase?

00:14:49.572 --> 00:14:51.152
CATT: We're going to do two park days.

00:14:51.172 --> 00:14:54.092
CATT: So we'll just we're going to do the two day one park per day.

00:14:55.452 --> 00:15:04.012
CATT: We considered park hopping, but then we're like, yeah, that'll be something that if a bad mood or a tantrum happens, then we won't want to do that and then we'll feel like it's wasted.

00:15:04.552 --> 00:15:05.032
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:05.052 --> 00:15:09.672
VIRGINIA: Do you have any specific overall vacation priorities this go round?

00:15:10.692 --> 00:15:11.572
CATT: This time?

00:15:11.592 --> 00:15:13.692
CATT: Well, I definitely want to grab my new magnet.

00:15:13.712 --> 00:15:15.892
CATT: I think they're supposed to keep those till the end of June.

00:15:15.912 --> 00:15:20.032
CATT: So I'm going to we'll definitely hit those up because they're so cute and they've got Stitch on them.

00:15:22.852 --> 00:15:25.132
CATT: It's kind of weird because Epcot doesn't have a festival.

00:15:25.592 --> 00:15:36.852
CATT: And this might be the first time that I've gone other than like, I mean, a decade ago when they used to run them a little bit shorter that I've gone without it being one.

00:15:36.872 --> 00:15:37.892
CATT: So that's going to be really weird.

00:15:38.092 --> 00:15:40.152
CATT: And I'm sure it's going to feel weird.

00:15:41.452 --> 00:15:43.912
CATT: Other than that, I mean, just kind of our normal things.

00:15:43.932 --> 00:15:50.152
CATT: I had everybody go around and give me a ride that they wanted to ride and something they wanted to eat.

00:15:50.632 --> 00:16:01.492
CATT: And we kind of made like a cute little like must do list from that and then added more just random things like, oh, this would be nice or let's make sure we go to Disney Springs for a little bit.

00:16:01.952 --> 00:16:04.872
CATT: Let's make sure we're going to do obviously the monorail loop.

00:16:04.892 --> 00:16:10.172
CATT: Probably, you know, go poke around some of the other resorts and, you know, that kind of stuff.

00:16:10.192 --> 00:16:14.232
CATT: But most of the time, I mean, really, it's just to relax and recharge.

00:16:14.252 --> 00:16:17.512
CATT: We're going to enjoy that fantastic Polynesian pool.

00:16:18.092 --> 00:16:18.612
VIRGINIA: Oh, yeah.

00:16:18.812 --> 00:16:20.632
VIRGINIA: That pool is amazing.

00:16:20.652 --> 00:16:23.092
VIRGINIA: And the pool is also amazing.

00:16:24.632 --> 00:16:25.652
CATT: That is what I've heard.

00:16:25.672 --> 00:16:28.692
CATT: And I, you know, I definitely like I want to see it.

00:16:28.712 --> 00:16:30.772
CATT: I mean, Storm Along Bay blew my mind.

00:16:30.792 --> 00:16:31.552
CATT: It was great.

00:16:32.032 --> 00:16:34.332
CATT: But I've also heard so many good things about Polynesian pools.

00:16:34.352 --> 00:16:37.932
CATT: I'm like, OK, I'm like, I got to figure out why people talk about this one so much.

00:16:38.792 --> 00:16:40.932
CATT: And, you know, something like Storm Along Bay exists.

00:16:40.952 --> 00:16:42.232
CATT: So I got to I want to compare.

00:16:42.552 --> 00:16:48.092
VIRGINIA: It's just a vibe like it's got a real vacation vibe to me.

00:16:48.132 --> 00:16:49.892
VIRGINIA: Storm Along Bay is really cool.

00:16:49.972 --> 00:16:56.552
VIRGINIA: But I think one of the downsides with Storm Along Bay, especially when you have smaller children, is that it's so spread out.

00:16:57.252 --> 00:17:01.732
VIRGINIA: And so there's so many parts of Storm Along Bay that that you can't see.

00:17:01.732 --> 00:17:11.212
VIRGINIA: So if you have a kid who can swim and could be like a little bit in the water by themselves without you, you know, directly on top of them, you still need to be able to see them.

00:17:11.612 --> 00:17:14.472
VIRGINIA: And in Storm Along Bay, it's very spread out.

00:17:14.872 --> 00:17:15.392
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:17:15.692 --> 00:17:17.432
VIRGINIA: The Polynesians a little bit more compact.

00:17:17.632 --> 00:17:20.792
VIRGINIA: I mean, it's a nice big pool, but it's more compact.

00:17:21.272 --> 00:17:24.212
VIRGINIA: So that's my thought, my two cents.

00:17:25.612 --> 00:17:28.712
VIRGINIA: So you're rolling into town on Sunday, June 2nd.

00:17:28.932 --> 00:17:31.072
VIRGINIA: What are your plans for the very first day?

00:17:31.232 --> 00:17:32.632
CATT: Well, we'll get checked in.

00:17:32.992 --> 00:17:42.452
CATT: And then depending on when that is, we'll either maybe try to hit up the pool and just kind of go straight in to that.

00:17:42.892 --> 00:17:44.332
CATT: And then also what the weather is doing.

00:17:44.352 --> 00:17:47.552
CATT: Like I know next week we're in for some typical Florida weather.

00:17:47.572 --> 00:17:48.412
CATT: We're pretty much every day.

00:17:48.432 --> 00:17:51.652
CATT: They were like, it's probably going to rain halfway through your day.

00:17:51.672 --> 00:17:52.792
CATT: And I'm like, yep, that's fine.

00:17:52.812 --> 00:17:53.892
CATT: Just make sure it's on time.

00:17:55.452 --> 00:17:59.832
CATT: So if it's if it's starting to already turn for the worse, then we'll we'll figure it out.

00:18:01.012 --> 00:18:06.392
CATT: I almost thought if we could get there early enough, we could try to get right into that line for Trader Sam's.

00:18:06.412 --> 00:18:15.232
CATT: But I feel like I'm going to save that for a day where I can actually be there, like right when they start lining up instead of trying to jump into one that was already there.

00:18:15.252 --> 00:18:19.312
CATT: But yeah, then I don't know, probably just walk around.

00:18:19.792 --> 00:18:23.112
CATT: This is really our first time, not the first time at the resort we've visited a lot.

00:18:24.452 --> 00:18:27.932
CATT: And we've you know, we've eaten there at Ohana a couple of times now.

00:18:28.952 --> 00:18:31.192
CATT: So but we haven't really explored past that.

00:18:31.212 --> 00:18:39.152
CATT: It's kind of one of those things where like we kind of show up on the monorail or from a bus and then we kind of, you know, we poke around the lobby, we shop, you know, we kind of do that loop.

00:18:39.792 --> 00:18:40.612
CATT: And that's pretty much it.

00:18:40.632 --> 00:18:42.192
CATT: Like we haven't really walked around.

00:18:42.592 --> 00:18:45.492
CATT: And so that might happen too, especially being in the car.

00:18:45.512 --> 00:18:51.332
CATT: We may just want to stretch our legs and maybe walk from one pool to the other one and just kind of see where everything is.

00:18:51.952 --> 00:18:52.332
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:18:52.532 --> 00:18:58.192
CATT: And then if as long as it doesn't rain, I'd also like to check out and see what resort activities they're doing.

00:18:58.212 --> 00:19:17.992
CATT: Because I have a goal to try to do more resort activities, specifically when it comes to our DVC stuff, like try to actually utilize some of those things like the s'mores or, you know, my kids can't really sit through a whole movie for like the movie Under The Stars, but, you know, walk by it, just be in the kind of the ambiance.

00:19:18.312 --> 00:19:20.132
CATT: But yeah, that's that's pretty much it.

00:19:20.152 --> 00:19:23.732
CATT: Just kind of explore and kind of get to know our home resort a little bit better.

00:19:23.972 --> 00:19:27.772
CATT: And then just kind of see what kind of shenanigans are going on that we can get into.

00:19:27.792 --> 00:19:32.772
CATT: Because I know they do kind of different activities kind of every day, sometimes at pool.

00:19:32.772 --> 00:19:36.512
CATT: And sometimes there's things that you can, like, purchase and make and do kind of stuff.

00:19:37.332 --> 00:19:38.692
CATT: You know, probably something like that.

00:19:39.212 --> 00:19:39.532
VIRGINIA: Yep.

00:19:39.612 --> 00:19:40.932
VIRGINIA: And there's always Dole Whip.

00:19:41.672 --> 00:19:42.292
CATT: Oh, my gosh.

00:19:42.312 --> 00:19:42.452
CATT: Yeah.

00:19:42.472 --> 00:19:44.132
CATT: And that's going to happen immediately as well.

00:19:44.132 --> 00:19:47.252
CATT: Because, you know, I don't know if I can be.

00:19:47.312 --> 00:19:56.392
CATT: This is going to be the telling whether or not I can be responsible staying in a location that has access to that so freely.

00:19:56.412 --> 00:20:00.212
CATT: Because, you know, anywhere else, I have to go to a park or have to go somewhere.

00:20:00.572 --> 00:20:00.912
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:20:00.932 --> 00:20:02.112
CATT: Now it's like, it's right there.

00:20:02.772 --> 00:20:05.812
VIRGINIA: I feel like this is an idea.

00:20:06.272 --> 00:20:08.972
VIRGINIA: Disney, if you want to take it, please do.

00:20:08.992 --> 00:20:11.892
VIRGINIA: I won't ask anything in return, except for maybe one free pass.

00:20:12.092 --> 00:20:20.012
VIRGINIA: But I think that they should have a refillable Dole Whip cup that you can buy for the length of your stay, just like you could a refillable mug.

00:20:20.512 --> 00:20:28.432
VIRGINIA: You know, pay $20, $25 and you get all of the just plain with no toppings or anything like that Dole Whip you want.

00:20:28.732 --> 00:20:30.792
CATT: Oh, my gosh, that would be amazing.

00:20:31.132 --> 00:20:33.112
VIRGINIA: It'd be like being on one of the Disney cruises.

00:20:33.532 --> 00:20:34.472
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:20:35.412 --> 00:20:36.692
VIRGINIA: I mean, except that you would pay for it.

00:20:36.752 --> 00:20:38.292
CATT: But yeah, like, yeah.

00:20:38.312 --> 00:20:47.492
CATT: And even if they did like a popcorn bucket situation where like you pay a fee like five bucks, you know, even the cost of like one of the smaller cups, but you write the bigger one or whatever.

00:20:48.052 --> 00:20:49.392
CATT: I would sign me up.

00:20:49.472 --> 00:20:54.472
CATT: I would get one every trip, especially if like they were cute, like collectible.

00:20:54.492 --> 00:20:56.032
CATT: You put little tiki's on them.

00:20:56.552 --> 00:20:57.172
CATT: I would do different.

00:20:57.252 --> 00:20:57.912
CATT: Oh, my gosh.

00:20:57.912 --> 00:20:58.232
CATT: Yeah.

00:20:58.252 --> 00:21:02.552
VIRGINIA: If it looked like a pineapple and it had like a little pineapple crown topper or something.

00:21:02.572 --> 00:21:04.952
VIRGINIA: I think we're on to something here.

00:21:04.972 --> 00:21:05.552
CATT: Oh, my gosh.

00:21:05.572 --> 00:21:06.892
CATT: Yeah, that would be that's the dream.

00:21:07.252 --> 00:21:07.572
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:21:07.592 --> 00:21:08.252
CATT: That would be.

00:21:08.272 --> 00:21:08.612
CATT: Yeah.

00:21:08.872 --> 00:21:11.652
CATT: Then I'd be unstoppable and that probably would be a terrible idea.

00:21:11.672 --> 00:21:12.812
CATT: But, you know, I'm OK with it.

00:21:14.932 --> 00:21:15.352
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:21:15.372 --> 00:21:17.632
VIRGINIA: Let's move into Monday, June the third.

00:21:17.652 --> 00:21:18.652
VIRGINIA: What are you doing that day?

00:21:19.512 --> 00:21:27.032
CATT: So we have a park day planned and I believe if Deluxe Extended Hours Resorts is for Epcot that day.

00:21:27.052 --> 00:21:28.632
CATT: So I think that's our Epcot day.

00:21:28.652 --> 00:21:29.372
CATT: So we're going to do that.

00:21:29.392 --> 00:21:29.772
CATT: Kind of do.

00:21:29.792 --> 00:21:32.572
CATT: I figured that was a nice chill way to start it.

00:21:33.392 --> 00:21:40.852
CATT: Where typically sometimes Epcot like gets saved for later, but then you're so tired and exhausted from having a whole week.

00:21:40.872 --> 00:21:42.352
CATT: So I was like, you know, this works out perfect.

00:21:42.372 --> 00:21:48.672
CATT: And that way in the event, either A, children are being cool, they're being calm.

00:21:48.772 --> 00:21:50.432
CATT: We got a good break in the middle of the day.

00:21:50.452 --> 00:21:54.692
CATT: We might be able to actually use the extended hours.

00:21:54.712 --> 00:21:58.212
CATT: Or either myself or my husband can go and check it out for a little bit.

00:21:58.452 --> 00:21:59.592
CATT: Sometimes we do that.

00:21:59.612 --> 00:22:02.732
CATT: We'll kind of split and let one go take advantage or go do it.

00:22:02.752 --> 00:22:04.092
CATT: You know, I'll walk around.

00:22:04.352 --> 00:22:05.752
CATT: We did that when we went to Beach Club.

00:22:05.772 --> 00:22:12.432
CATT: He just went in and spent like an hour and a half in Epcot, just doing whatever he wanted to do with nobody tugging at him or telling him what to do.

00:22:12.452 --> 00:22:14.092
CATT: And yeah, so I was like, absolutely.

00:22:14.112 --> 00:22:18.972
CATT: Anytime we can make that work, we will, especially if the kids aren't really on board with going.

00:22:18.992 --> 00:22:21.072
CATT: So we're going to have an Epcot day.

00:22:21.672 --> 00:22:40.332
CATT: I'm debating whether or not I want to do something like Genie Plus to just be able to knock out rides quick enough for them, so that way we can break or just kind of leaving it open and just doing the few things that they like and then just making sure we get a nice, good middle of the day break, take them on a rail back kind of thing.

00:22:41.252 --> 00:22:49.392
CATT: So it's going to be a very open-ended kind of day just to kind of see how it all goes and, you know, hopefully it's chiller vibes because there's no festival.

00:22:49.912 --> 00:22:51.572
VIRGINIA: What is their favorite thing to do at UPCOT?

00:22:51.952 --> 00:22:54.872
CATT: My son loves the sea base.

00:22:55.612 --> 00:23:01.592
CATT: He is huge into sea life right now, like whales and sharks and fish and frogs.

00:23:02.212 --> 00:23:05.532
CATT: Anything is like that's his, that's his speed.

00:23:06.232 --> 00:23:10.272
CATT: So he loves the Nemo ride and then he likes to go and look at all the fish in the aquarium.

00:23:10.292 --> 00:23:12.632
CATT: So that's kind of his, his little land.

00:23:14.012 --> 00:23:25.112
CATT: My daughter likes what she likes to call the ball ride, even though we've tried to say that, say it's government name.

00:23:25.152 --> 00:23:26.372
CATT: I'm like, it's the face of Earth.

00:23:28.872 --> 00:23:32.572
CATT: She's like, yeah, that big ball ride where you can make the funny futures at the end.

00:23:32.872 --> 00:23:36.992
CATT: And yes, that's her favorite part is making the funny futures at the end.

00:23:37.012 --> 00:23:40.652
CATT: She's like learning about communication, whatever.

00:23:41.172 --> 00:23:43.332
CATT: Making those futures at the end with the silly pictures.

00:23:43.512 --> 00:23:44.412
CATT: That's my thing.

00:23:44.912 --> 00:23:45.212
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:23:45.312 --> 00:23:47.112
CATT: I'm like, live your dreams, kid.

00:23:47.832 --> 00:23:48.232
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:23:48.472 --> 00:23:51.712
VIRGINIA: Alex always really likes to do the future too, even to this very day.

00:23:52.332 --> 00:24:00.112
VIRGINIA: So we've gotten to the point now where we take turns doing the future because I got tired of seeing the same future for myself over and over again.

00:24:00.132 --> 00:24:03.752
VIRGINIA: I don't know how many more times I can break my leg and have him fix it.

00:24:05.332 --> 00:24:08.432
VIRGINIA: So we try different things now.

00:24:09.332 --> 00:24:12.132
VIRGINIA: And then he laughs and laughs and is like, haha, it's my turn.

00:24:12.152 --> 00:24:13.172
VIRGINIA: You're going to break your leg again.

00:24:13.192 --> 00:24:15.832
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:24:16.512 --> 00:24:17.012
VIRGINIA: Let's see.

00:24:17.032 --> 00:24:18.532
VIRGINIA: Tuesday, June the 4th.

00:24:18.812 --> 00:24:20.472
CATT: That is a resort day.

00:24:20.932 --> 00:24:24.552
CATT: We're going to have a nice lunch at Steakhouse 71.

00:24:25.552 --> 00:24:26.152
VIRGINIA: Oh, nice.

00:24:26.192 --> 00:24:32.532
CATT: Because that burger and wedge salad lives rent free in my head pretty much every other day.

00:24:32.632 --> 00:24:34.652
CATT: So we got to make time for that for sure.

00:24:34.892 --> 00:24:38.872
CATT: It's almost becoming a thing just like going to Ohana every year is kind of becoming our thing.

00:24:38.892 --> 00:24:43.072
CATT: It's like we have to go to Steakhouse 71 so we can, you know, get the burger.

00:24:43.312 --> 00:24:44.032
CATT: So we'll do that.

00:24:44.052 --> 00:24:59.912
CATT: And that's probably we'll also do maybe some monorail shenanigans, maybe pop in the grand, you know, feel fancy for a minute and then go around the contemporary, which is also one of my favorites, and then end up back home and do the full loop.

00:25:00.072 --> 00:25:04.352
VIRGINIA: Any dinner plans for that day or is Steakhouse 71 your one reservation for that day?

00:25:05.952 --> 00:25:08.552
CATT: It's definitely the only confirmed reservation we have.

00:25:09.312 --> 00:25:14.152
CATT: We're kind of like leaving ourselves open to any kind of waitlist situation.

00:25:14.392 --> 00:25:18.612
CATT: If something, you know, strikes us more like, oh, we could get that.

00:25:18.632 --> 00:25:23.872
CATT: I'm also trying to try out a couple different quick services that I haven't tried.

00:25:23.892 --> 00:25:27.412
CATT: Obviously, the ones at the Polynesian, I've never eaten anything from there.

00:25:27.712 --> 00:25:28.752
VIRGINIA: Oh, you have not?

00:25:29.072 --> 00:25:36.612
CATT: No, and there's a lot of different menu items that I have on a list that I'm like, I want to make sure to get this, and I've seen this, especially breakfast.

00:25:36.612 --> 00:25:38.452
CATT: There is Tonga toast that I need to have.

00:25:38.472 --> 00:25:43.052
CATT: There's a breakfast flatbread that looks so good.

00:25:43.112 --> 00:25:45.312
CATT: I've seen somebody review it, and that looked so good.

00:25:45.792 --> 00:25:48.052
CATT: And the pulled pork nachos.

00:25:48.632 --> 00:25:57.032
VIRGINIA: The pulled pork nachos are quite possibly my favorite quick service item to eat, maybe on all of property.

00:25:57.072 --> 00:25:57.872
VIRGINIA: I'm not sure.

00:25:58.512 --> 00:26:02.772
VIRGINIA: But Captain Cook's is definitely my favorite resort quick service.

00:26:02.792 --> 00:26:04.352
VIRGINIA: 100%.

00:26:04.752 --> 00:26:05.432
VIRGINIA: No questions.

00:26:06.292 --> 00:26:07.752
VIRGINIA: It's just perfection.

00:26:08.192 --> 00:26:10.852
VIRGINIA: And my two favorite things there are the pulled pork nachos.

00:26:10.872 --> 00:26:11.992
VIRGINIA: They are just to die for.

00:26:12.572 --> 00:26:16.092
VIRGINIA: And then also there's this Thai coconut meatballs.

00:26:17.032 --> 00:26:18.832
VIRGINIA: That's so good.

00:26:19.272 --> 00:26:20.052
VIRGINIA: It's so good.

00:26:20.572 --> 00:26:20.892
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:21.252 --> 00:26:21.552
CATT: Yeah.

00:26:21.612 --> 00:26:26.392
CATT: I have seen a lot of different dishes and I just kind of every time I kind of write it down.

00:26:26.752 --> 00:26:27.132
CATT: I don't know.

00:26:27.152 --> 00:26:38.592
CATT: I'm one of those where every time we're there, it's either for some breakneck thing that we're just always running around and we either have a bunch of dining that we already wanted or we're using whatever the closest quick service is that we were staying.

00:26:39.452 --> 00:26:41.572
CATT: Nine times out of ten, we're at something like Pop Century.

00:26:41.692 --> 00:26:48.212
CATT: It's going to be your very reliable pizza, maybe some chicken tenders kind of thing.

00:26:48.272 --> 00:26:57.052
CATT: I try to make it a point that if we're staying in a resort, especially if it's new, to try as much of the quick service as possible, utilize what is there.

00:26:57.852 --> 00:26:59.912
CATT: Obviously, some resorts do it a little bit better.

00:27:00.392 --> 00:27:07.212
CATT: Honestly, the Polynesian has a lot more options than some of the other places we've stayed that only literally have one quick service that you can order from.

00:27:07.672 --> 00:27:09.732
CATT: They don't have really anything else that's to go.

00:27:10.032 --> 00:27:14.672
CATT: It's a very limited menu where I feel like there's so many options around there.

00:27:15.872 --> 00:27:23.392
CATT: Then there's places, too, like Gasparilla at the Grand, that's just like a monorail stop away to pick up food and then take it back around.

00:27:23.832 --> 00:27:24.352
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:27:24.492 --> 00:27:36.132
VIRGINIA: I mean, if they have the walking path open, because sometimes with the building of the new Polynesian separate DVC building, it's been harder to make your way down the sidewalk.

00:27:36.212 --> 00:27:48.372
VIRGINIA: But it's not that really bad a walk, in my opinion, if you're looking for a little bit of getting your steps in before dinner, just take a little walk there and you get to walk past the wedding chapel and all that.

00:27:48.592 --> 00:27:49.892
VIRGINIA: That's also another option.

00:27:50.472 --> 00:27:51.392
CATT: Oh, yeah, that would be nice.

00:27:51.712 --> 00:27:52.112
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:27:52.152 --> 00:27:53.612
VIRGINIA: Wednesday, June the 5th.

00:27:54.452 --> 00:27:56.112
CATT: That's our Magic Kingdom Day.

00:27:57.232 --> 00:28:00.772
CATT: That's my favorite, so I always put a lot into that.

00:28:00.812 --> 00:28:05.512
CATT: So that's kind of where a lot of our wish list items, I think, are on, are a lot of our must-do's.

00:28:06.552 --> 00:28:08.112
CATT: All four of us said people mover.

00:28:08.392 --> 00:28:09.072
VIRGINIA: Oh, of course.

00:28:09.352 --> 00:28:14.012
CATT: And knowing my daughter, that probably means if we rope drop, that's where we will be.

00:28:14.492 --> 00:28:15.472
VIRGINIA: Rope dropping people mover.

00:28:15.492 --> 00:28:16.312
CATT: Which is fine.

00:28:16.752 --> 00:28:20.652
CATT: We have done it before and we know that that's her thing.

00:28:22.032 --> 00:28:23.312
CATT: Probably we'll hit Tron.

00:28:23.332 --> 00:28:25.832
CATT: We'll do the rider swap on that because we're totally fine with that.

00:28:25.852 --> 00:28:28.152
CATT: It's quick enough that it's not like a huge imposition.

00:28:30.392 --> 00:28:35.212
CATT: My son wants to ride what he calls the train roller coaster.

00:28:35.452 --> 00:28:36.072
VIRGINIA: Big Thunder?

00:28:36.452 --> 00:28:38.012
CATT: Which I can assume is Big Thunder.

00:28:38.032 --> 00:28:40.372
CATT: He's never been on it to my knowledge.

00:28:41.692 --> 00:28:44.212
CATT: I'm interested to be like, did he see it?

00:28:44.332 --> 00:28:47.532
CATT: Was he watching one of the live streams and they were doing it?

00:28:47.552 --> 00:28:54.372
CATT: I'm like, I hope that's the one and that he's not going to be traumatized when we take him on what he said he wanted.

00:28:54.392 --> 00:28:56.672
CATT: At the same time, that was actually my daughter's first.

00:28:57.352 --> 00:28:59.912
CATT: Of course, she was four pushing five.

00:28:59.932 --> 00:29:04.612
CATT: She turned five on that trip, so she was fine with it.

00:29:04.632 --> 00:29:09.292
CATT: Honestly, she handled that better than the barnstormer and my son hated the barnstormer.

00:29:10.272 --> 00:29:14.832
CATT: I'm hopeful that he will enjoy this one, but we'll see.

00:29:15.232 --> 00:29:22.692
CATT: He put it on there, so I'll let him look at it and if that seems too much, then we'll keep on strolling.

00:29:22.712 --> 00:29:23.352
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:29:23.432 --> 00:29:35.192
VIRGINIA: If he's willing to ride it, I would say if it's his first time, maybe don't aim for one of the back cars because they definitely feel faster and more like the wildest ride in the wilderness.

00:29:37.212 --> 00:29:41.292
VIRGINIA: So has Addison ridden, you said that was her very first ride.

00:29:41.832 --> 00:29:46.232
CATT: Yeah, I think I don't, I can't remember what her actual first ride was.

00:29:46.252 --> 00:29:47.632
CATT: I'm sure I have it written down somewhere.

00:29:48.292 --> 00:29:53.112
CATT: One of those were that big, it was like a big trip and it was a big family trip, so it was like a blur.

00:29:53.492 --> 00:29:55.172
VIRGINIA: Does she like to ride Big Thunder?

00:29:55.192 --> 00:29:57.672
VIRGINIA: I think is it one that she asked to do?

00:29:57.692 --> 00:29:57.792
CATT: Yeah.

00:29:57.792 --> 00:29:58.192
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:29:58.372 --> 00:29:59.312
CATT: Yeah, she likes it.

00:29:59.512 --> 00:30:05.392
VIRGINIA: So maybe he'll be brave because he thinks it's like the cool older kid thing to do.

00:30:05.912 --> 00:30:07.412
CATT: Yeah, that's kind of what I'm hoping.

00:30:07.432 --> 00:30:12.652
CATT: I mean, he's, it's funny because, you know, he's so different than her.

00:30:12.872 --> 00:30:14.412
CATT: She's so much more reserved.

00:30:14.612 --> 00:30:18.052
CATT: She's very careful, cautious, you know, every little thing.

00:30:18.072 --> 00:30:22.572
CATT: So it's just funny to me when she actually does lock on to something that even could be considered a thrill ride.

00:30:22.792 --> 00:30:25.532
CATT: Now, there's plenty of ones that she's already said, I'm not doing that.

00:30:25.732 --> 00:30:26.412
VIRGINIA: It's not happening.

00:30:26.492 --> 00:30:27.252
CATT: And I'm like, that's fine.

00:30:27.372 --> 00:30:28.592
CATT: That's totally fine.

00:30:29.352 --> 00:30:30.752
CATT: He is, though, my daredevil.

00:30:30.772 --> 00:30:33.892
CATT: I mean, he backflips off of you and headbutts you and flips around.

00:30:33.912 --> 00:30:35.572
CATT: And I mean, just there's no fear in him.

00:30:35.592 --> 00:30:38.772
CATT: So, you know, I thought it was funny that he did not enjoy the barnstormer.

00:30:38.852 --> 00:30:45.392
CATT: And some sit there going like, I don't know how this is going to work out because you don't, you didn't like that.

00:30:45.412 --> 00:30:47.812
CATT: But at the same time, I feel like any, any kid likes it.

00:30:47.892 --> 00:30:52.972
CATT: I think it's strangely too rough and too short to get anything out of it.

00:30:52.992 --> 00:30:57.772
CATT: I think by the time it goes and what it does, then you're just like, it's like chaotic and then it's just over.

00:30:58.152 --> 00:30:58.452
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:30:58.472 --> 00:30:59.912
CATT: So you don't really have time to process it.

00:30:59.932 --> 00:31:02.652
CATT: So the only feeling you have with it is that was confusing.

00:31:03.172 --> 00:31:03.492
CATT: Uh-huh.

00:31:04.132 --> 00:31:06.052
VIRGINIA: And the car is really tiny.

00:31:06.092 --> 00:31:16.972
VIRGINIA: So even for a small kid, I'm imagining you do feel a little bit more claustrophobic, you know, stuffed into a barnstormer car with an adult.

00:31:17.252 --> 00:31:17.772
CATT: Yeah.

00:31:17.992 --> 00:31:21.892
VIRGINIA: So maybe like having a little bit more space on Big Thunder would be better.

00:31:23.152 --> 00:31:23.572
VIRGINIA: We'll see.

00:31:23.592 --> 00:31:28.212
VIRGINIA: I will be very interested to see if he gets on it and if he does how he feels about it.

00:31:29.212 --> 00:31:34.792
VIRGINIA: Any other specific priorities for either of the kids or for you two?

00:31:35.652 --> 00:31:38.392
CATT: Um, I don't think either of them had anything.

00:31:38.412 --> 00:31:42.652
CATT: And there wasn't really anything new yet that we're wanting to try with them.

00:31:42.672 --> 00:31:46.872
CATT: It's pretty much just going to go to our normal favorites, Little Mermaid, probably Dumbo.

00:31:47.452 --> 00:31:52.612
CATT: Addison has expressed some interest in the Speedway because she saw it on a livestream the other day.

00:31:54.012 --> 00:31:56.672
CATT: And she said, Oh, are those those cars you can drive?

00:31:56.992 --> 00:31:58.012
CATT: I want to do that.

00:31:58.492 --> 00:31:58.852
VIRGINIA: Uh huh.

00:31:59.212 --> 00:32:01.852
CATT: And I was like, Oh, honey.

00:32:02.252 --> 00:32:07.212
CATT: Well, we'll see what it looks like because, oh goodness.

00:32:07.532 --> 00:32:08.132
VIRGINIA: Not a fan?

00:32:08.732 --> 00:32:09.372
CATT: Yeah.

00:32:09.552 --> 00:32:10.872
CATT: Neither are my husband or I.

00:32:10.892 --> 00:32:14.332
CATT: Like, we're just one of those things where we're very much like we love Tomorrowland.

00:32:15.092 --> 00:32:16.652
CATT: And we are very much in that camp.

00:32:17.152 --> 00:32:21.992
CATT: Like everyone else is looking at that ride and going, I don't think diesel cars are tomorrow.

00:32:22.032 --> 00:32:23.472
CATT: I'm pretty sure we're good on that.

00:32:23.492 --> 00:32:24.672
CATT: I think we've gone past it.

00:32:24.852 --> 00:32:28.712
CATT: I don't like, I feel like we're it's and it's smelly.

00:32:28.792 --> 00:32:29.652
CATT: It's really smelly.

00:32:29.692 --> 00:32:32.512
VIRGINIA: Oh, it's really, especially during the hot months.

00:32:33.272 --> 00:32:33.912
CATT: Yeah.

00:32:33.952 --> 00:32:34.932
CATT: And that's yeah.

00:32:35.192 --> 00:32:36.312
CATT: It's not a ton of shades.

00:32:36.332 --> 00:32:38.492
CATT: I'm like, I'm like, please get distracted.

00:32:39.012 --> 00:32:51.632
VIRGINIA: No, if you want to do it maybe like earlier in the morning or after the sun has started to go down, might be a better option or at the very least, if you get Genie Plus, then you could just go ride it quickly.

00:32:51.972 --> 00:33:01.972
VIRGINIA: So I guess which brings me to the question at a park like Magic Kingdom where there's so many more rides, will you be getting Genie Plus for this park day or are you kind of up in the air on it too?

00:33:02.312 --> 00:33:03.952
CATT: Yeah, we're kind of up in the air about it.

00:33:03.972 --> 00:33:08.632
CATT: Like the crowd, I've checked some crowd calendars, kind of tried to look about things.

00:33:08.652 --> 00:33:11.712
CATT: And of course, knowing that Epcot doesn't have a festival, that kind of drives people away.

00:33:11.732 --> 00:33:17.652
CATT: But now with Tiana opening and starting their previews the week, of course, after we leave.

00:33:17.972 --> 00:33:20.392
VIRGINIA: Oh, because I will be there too.

00:33:20.392 --> 00:33:22.192
VIRGINIA: And I'm very upset.

00:33:22.612 --> 00:33:33.112
CATT: And I'm like, so maybe crowd wise, like a lot of people probably held off and was like, I don't know, I wanted to go specifically when that was open or near when it was open for.

00:33:33.132 --> 00:33:41.812
CATT: So I don't know, I'm kind of believing that there is going to be lighter ish, you know, crowds possibly.

00:33:41.832 --> 00:33:44.232
CATT: So I'm not sure if we will need it.

00:33:44.372 --> 00:33:49.552
CATT: But yeah, it's kind of one of those where I'd like to get it and have it just in case.

00:33:49.612 --> 00:33:55.552
CATT: But you know, sometimes it's almost like you get it and you think, oh, well, we'll grab a couple of these like easy ones.

00:33:55.572 --> 00:33:59.792
CATT: So you don't really need it for but just to be able to have them get them go and, you know, go take a break.

00:34:00.212 --> 00:34:13.952
CATT: But nine times out of ten, it almost seems more worth it to get it like when you want to go later because then you just grab the big ones for later and then you focus on all those little, you know, you go do Speedway, you go to maybe do Big Thunder and get it, do People Mover, Little Mermaid.

00:34:13.972 --> 00:34:20.052
CATT: And then you come back and you hit those things like a Peter Pan that you're not going to get at rope drop and it's not going to happen.

00:34:20.072 --> 00:34:22.512
CATT: So you might as well grab it and do it for later.

00:34:22.972 --> 00:34:30.112
VIRGINIA: So yeah, I think there's I can't remember exactly what all is happening, but there's multiple things happening on June 10th.

00:34:30.852 --> 00:34:38.992
VIRGINIA: So that was making me think also that the day is leading up to June 10th because of whatever all is happening on that day.

00:34:39.012 --> 00:34:45.652
VIRGINIA: In addition to no festival at Epcot made me think that perhaps we will be lucky enough to have lighter, lighter crowds.

00:34:48.512 --> 00:34:53.752
VIRGINIA: Is Wednesday going to be extra hours for deluxe guests at Magic Kingdom?

00:34:54.492 --> 00:34:54.852
CATT: Yes.

00:34:55.052 --> 00:34:55.452
CATT: Yeah.

00:34:55.472 --> 00:34:59.772
CATT: So that was kind of why I had originally planned this, I think, for Thursday.

00:34:59.792 --> 00:35:06.492
CATT: And I was like, if we did Epcot, because we still weren't sure about a second day, I was like, if we do Epcot 2, we'll do that on like Tuesday.

00:35:06.732 --> 00:35:12.392
CATT: And we'll do like break and then do and that way on Monday, the first day that we're actually there, we'll just use that as a resort day.

00:35:13.152 --> 00:35:16.192
CATT: And then kind of as I looked at the counter, I was like, oh, you know what?

00:35:16.212 --> 00:35:18.192
CATT: Yeah, the deluxe hours are kind of lined up.

00:35:18.632 --> 00:35:22.132
CATT: So while, yes, maybe they can't swing until that late.

00:35:22.152 --> 00:35:23.132
CATT: And that's totally fine.

00:35:23.152 --> 00:35:27.892
CATT: But if one of us wanted to, I mean, theoretically with our annual passage, it didn't really matter.

00:35:28.092 --> 00:35:29.432
CATT: We can go whenever.

00:35:30.592 --> 00:35:35.732
CATT: But it kind of worked out that, you know, even if it was our seven year old, even if, you know, she was like, you know what?

00:35:35.732 --> 00:35:36.152
CATT: I'm up.

00:35:36.172 --> 00:35:36.652
CATT: I'm fine.

00:35:36.672 --> 00:35:38.292
CATT: I'm not feeling that tired.

00:35:38.312 --> 00:35:38.772
CATT: I'm like, you know what?

00:35:38.792 --> 00:35:47.412
CATT: I'll take her and, you know, we can go do a little thing or he can go take her and, you know, go do a couple more rides in the, you know, kind of in the later hours.

00:35:47.412 --> 00:35:54.472
CATT: And, you know, we're finally getting to the point where bedtimes on vacations don't have to matter because it's not as an upset to break the routine.

00:35:54.912 --> 00:35:55.332
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:35:55.332 --> 00:35:56.032
CATT: Because it's not.

00:35:56.052 --> 00:35:56.752
CATT: Yeah, it's crazy.

00:35:56.852 --> 00:36:02.352
CATT: And he, my four year old is already kind of against most routines anyway.

00:36:02.352 --> 00:36:06.972
CATT: So it's like, you know, it's not really going to be much different other than it will just allow it.

00:36:07.612 --> 00:36:07.972
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:36:08.512 --> 00:36:08.992
CATT: And, you know.

00:36:09.412 --> 00:36:09.732
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:36:10.432 --> 00:36:26.032
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I was going to say also, because both of you have annual passes, even on your non-park days with being so close to Magic Kingdom and the fact that it has later hours anyway, you could do the switch off if you wanted and have a little bit of Magic Kingdom time.

00:36:26.612 --> 00:36:26.912
CATT: Yep.

00:36:27.172 --> 00:36:28.672
CATT: Yeah, I've thought about that too.

00:36:28.692 --> 00:36:36.432
CATT: And I was like, yeah, even if I couldn't do that, I was like, if one of us wanted to get scoot over there and even if it was just, you know, like do something dumb.

00:36:36.452 --> 00:36:43.392
CATT: Like, I'm not going to lie when he did that last summer, it was we had just got our annual pass, but we hadn't activated.

00:36:43.412 --> 00:36:44.432
CATT: Yeah, of course.

00:36:44.592 --> 00:36:45.552
CATT: He chose to do that.

00:36:45.772 --> 00:36:48.012
CATT: It was like the day before we were actually going to go to Epcot.

00:36:48.252 --> 00:36:51.612
CATT: And he was like, well, I went, I went, I mean, we can walk because we were at Beach Club.

00:36:51.632 --> 00:36:54.972
CATT: He's like, we can just walk right in and kind of want to kind of undo it.

00:36:54.992 --> 00:36:57.512
CATT: And I was like, you're going to make our passes uneven.

00:36:57.532 --> 00:36:59.792
CATT: Yours is going to expire the day before mine.

00:36:59.812 --> 00:37:01.732
CATT: And he's like, yeah, I don't care about that.

00:37:02.012 --> 00:37:03.032
CATT: And like he walked in.

00:37:03.072 --> 00:37:06.872
CATT: I was like, you know, he finally came back and I was like, how was it?

00:37:07.032 --> 00:37:08.372
VIRGINIA: What did you do?

00:37:08.812 --> 00:37:10.592
CATT: He's like, I kind of took a lap.

00:37:10.892 --> 00:37:13.032
CATT: I poked in that he likes Mitsukoshi.

00:37:13.052 --> 00:37:14.212
CATT: It's one of his favorite stores.

00:37:14.892 --> 00:37:18.392
CATT: He's like, I poked in around in there and then I don't know.

00:37:18.412 --> 00:37:20.452
CATT: He's like, I didn't really know what else to do.

00:37:20.472 --> 00:37:21.732
CATT: I rode Figment.

00:37:24.392 --> 00:37:27.872
CATT: And then he's like, when I kind of started feeling a little tired, so I left.

00:37:27.892 --> 00:37:32.432
CATT: I was like, you mean to tell me you walked right into Epcot, basically did nothing.

00:37:32.692 --> 00:37:34.432
CATT: And then you went on Figment and then left.

00:37:34.452 --> 00:37:36.732
CATT: I'm like, they probably put you on a security alert.

00:37:36.752 --> 00:37:38.012
CATT: They probably think you're a weirdo.

00:37:40.172 --> 00:37:43.472
VIRGINIA: Either that or they're like, oh, this new pass holder.

00:37:43.492 --> 00:37:44.192
VIRGINIA: Look at him.

00:37:45.792 --> 00:37:51.012
CATT: But to be fair, the one time that I've gone by myself, like on a little jaunt, we did it one summer.

00:37:51.852 --> 00:37:54.232
CATT: And they were like, everybody was heat exhausted.

00:37:54.252 --> 00:37:55.432
CATT: And I was like, I could still go.

00:37:55.452 --> 00:38:02.012
CATT: And I took a bus over to Magic Kingdom and I got there like, I don't know, it was maybe like 530.

00:38:02.032 --> 00:38:03.012
CATT: Maybe pushing six.

00:38:04.072 --> 00:38:07.712
CATT: I walked in, you know, I kind of just like took a quick stroll.

00:38:08.012 --> 00:38:09.092
CATT: It was very overwhelming.

00:38:09.112 --> 00:38:10.912
CATT: I have a lot of like social anxiety.

00:38:11.152 --> 00:38:14.712
CATT: And so having no one to be like, yeah, let's all do this as a group.

00:38:14.732 --> 00:38:16.492
CATT: I was very much like, where do I go?

00:38:17.352 --> 00:38:19.192
CATT: Like, what's happening?

00:38:19.332 --> 00:38:21.752
CATT: And so I just kind of poked around.

00:38:22.732 --> 00:38:25.652
CATT: And then I rode Pirates because I noticed it was like 10 minutes.

00:38:25.712 --> 00:38:27.552
CATT: And I said, that's absolutely my favorite.

00:38:27.572 --> 00:38:29.812
CATT: I said, that'll be the perfect kind of start to this.

00:38:30.672 --> 00:38:32.892
CATT: And then I did that and it was awesome.

00:38:33.412 --> 00:38:37.692
CATT: And then I just kind of took a big like loop and ended up in Tomorrowland.

00:38:37.712 --> 00:38:38.852
CATT: And I got myself a slushie.

00:38:39.392 --> 00:38:46.032
CATT: And I sat on like a little bench, like a little secluded bench kind of over like under the people mover track, but right kind of next to the end of the speedway.

00:38:46.052 --> 00:38:48.652
CATT: And I just kind of like sat and ate my little slushie.

00:38:49.072 --> 00:38:55.312
CATT: And then I started to like melt, even though the sun was still setting and I was like, I think that's all I can do for right now.

00:38:56.052 --> 00:38:58.132
CATT: And kind of just kind of left.

00:38:58.132 --> 00:39:02.852
CATT: So I'm like, I give him all that for going in and doing one thing and riding pigment.

00:39:02.872 --> 00:39:04.912
CATT: And that's, I pretty much did the same thing.

00:39:04.932 --> 00:39:05.612
CATT: It's a lot.

00:39:05.912 --> 00:39:09.872
CATT: You know, you're by yourself and you don't have like that group to like protect you.

00:39:10.052 --> 00:39:11.032
CATT: You're like, what do I do?

00:39:11.772 --> 00:39:22.792
VIRGINIA: When I did my solo trip a year ago, last May, one of my favorite things to do was to grab a coffee or something and just sit on a bench and people watch.

00:39:22.812 --> 00:39:25.272
VIRGINIA: And I had my Kindle with me at different points.

00:39:25.292 --> 00:39:28.892
VIRGINIA: I sat and read my book and then I just look up and watch people.

00:39:28.912 --> 00:39:32.432
VIRGINIA: And I rode plenty of rides too and saw shows and all that kind of stuff.

00:39:32.812 --> 00:39:42.072
VIRGINIA: But it was just something so peaceful about being able to be in my favorite place and do something as simple as just have a coffee and sit on a bench.

00:39:42.872 --> 00:39:44.312
CATT: Oh, yeah, that's fantastic.

00:39:44.312 --> 00:39:48.152
CATT: I did that once when we took like a family trip, but we were doing like a swap.

00:39:48.432 --> 00:39:53.212
CATT: Like we were bringing a kid back to the grandparents and then one of us was trading off.

00:39:53.832 --> 00:39:55.152
CATT: And then my dad was coming to meet us.

00:39:55.812 --> 00:40:02.232
CATT: But I was like, I mean, if you guys, if you don't need me and all of us to go, can I hang out here?

00:40:02.252 --> 00:40:03.392
CATT: It was like a Hollywood studio.

00:40:03.412 --> 00:40:04.472
CATT: So, yeah, that's basically what I did.

00:40:04.492 --> 00:40:10.892
CATT: I went to Starbucks, got myself a little iced coffee, and I went up to the Tower of Terror courtyard.

00:40:11.432 --> 00:40:14.952
CATT: And I sat up on like a little, there's like a little wall, like half wall.

00:40:15.032 --> 00:40:20.472
CATT: And I just sat like where all the, there was like, you know, cute little plaques about all the plants that were there.

00:40:20.492 --> 00:40:22.172
CATT: And I just, yeah, I kind of watched people come off.

00:40:22.272 --> 00:40:26.392
CATT: Like, you know, they're laughing and they're laughing at each other for being scared.

00:40:26.412 --> 00:40:35.412
CATT: And, you know, just kind of, and it was like a nice secluded spot where like there were still people like kind of going every time the ride emptied out, but not so much this like constant traffic and like noise.

00:40:35.772 --> 00:40:35.972
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:40:35.992 --> 00:40:37.892
CATT: And it was, it was amazing.

00:40:37.912 --> 00:40:41.492
CATT: A little family came up and they were like trying to do something on the app.

00:40:41.632 --> 00:40:45.592
CATT: And they were trying to figure something out, like one of the rides.

00:40:45.712 --> 00:40:58.492
CATT: And I kind of like nosily like, you know, the travel agent in me was like, oh, actually it's easier if you just do that, if you want to like, you can grab one of the like, it was either something with Genie Plus or just one of the other rides that they were trying to do.

00:40:58.492 --> 00:41:02.652
CATT: And so I kind of like, I helped them and then just kind of sat people watch.

00:41:02.672 --> 00:41:05.012
CATT: So yeah, it's that'll do you some good.

00:41:05.052 --> 00:41:08.252
CATT: It's just a nice coffee at Disney and a nice place that you can actually sit down.

00:41:08.272 --> 00:41:14.692
CATT: That's not like in the blazing sun and just kind of kind of watch other families and, you know, just enjoy the vibes.

00:41:16.472 --> 00:41:16.952
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:41:17.772 --> 00:41:21.652
VIRGINIA: Thursday, June the 6th, Resort Day.

00:41:22.172 --> 00:41:25.412
CATT: Yes, that is our last full day.

00:41:25.432 --> 00:41:27.772
CATT: So I'm going to try to make the most of that.

00:41:27.832 --> 00:41:34.732
CATT: If we do not attempt any kind of Trader Sam's on Tuesday, then we'll hit it up on Thursday.

00:41:35.112 --> 00:41:38.512
CATT: If it's a gigantic hit on Tuesday, we may hit it up on Thursday anyway.

00:41:39.572 --> 00:41:39.992
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:41:40.232 --> 00:41:49.932
CATT: Because I tried to look at the menu about what I wanted and there's too many items and there's a lot of souvenir mugs, which is where I'm going to be in trouble.

00:41:50.032 --> 00:41:54.472
CATT: I know because I want some of I want a lot of them and I don't need them.

00:41:54.492 --> 00:41:57.432
CATT: I don't have anywhere to put them, but I see it and I want it.

00:41:57.452 --> 00:42:00.472
CATT: So I'm like, okay, this is going to be difficult.

00:42:01.392 --> 00:42:04.632
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be doing any Disney Springs time?

00:42:05.612 --> 00:42:06.472
CATT: I think so.

00:42:06.572 --> 00:42:08.472
CATT: That's definitely going to be one of those things.

00:42:08.492 --> 00:42:11.412
CATT: We'll just have to see where it makes the most sense.

00:42:13.092 --> 00:42:17.432
CATT: I know better than to even try to plan it weather-wise right now.

00:42:17.592 --> 00:42:23.472
CATT: So once I get pretty much once we're heading down there, I can see a more realistic forecast.

00:42:23.792 --> 00:42:25.992
CATT: If there's one day that seems like it would be better.

00:42:26.272 --> 00:42:29.932
CATT: And we like to go in the morning anyway, so it's probably going to be one of those two.

00:42:29.952 --> 00:42:32.252
CATT: It's either going to be Tuesday or Thursday, one of those resort days.

00:42:32.432 --> 00:42:33.112
CATT: Then we'll get up.

00:42:33.392 --> 00:42:37.472
CATT: Luckily, not too early because there's nothing we're trying to fight people for.

00:42:40.572 --> 00:42:43.792
CATT: I actually pick up things from Disney Springs.

00:42:43.812 --> 00:42:53.612
CATT: It's almost like a routine now where I go to the Joffreys because the Visa card gets 20% off for Joffreys if you go to one of their locations.

00:42:54.192 --> 00:42:55.352
VIRGINIA: And DVC as well.

00:42:55.732 --> 00:42:56.652
CATT: Yeah.

00:42:56.672 --> 00:43:01.452
CATT: So I pick up a couple bags of the ground resort, the four-piece resort blend.

00:43:01.532 --> 00:43:03.832
VIRGINIA: I remember you did that on your way out last time too.

00:43:05.972 --> 00:43:06.232
CATT: Mm-hmm.

00:43:06.252 --> 00:43:10.932
CATT: And I don't know how I'm able to do this, but I literally have enough to get me through the end of this week.

00:43:10.952 --> 00:43:12.532
CATT: Are you rationing?

00:43:12.912 --> 00:43:13.892
CATT: I'm not though.

00:43:13.912 --> 00:43:18.632
CATT: That's the thing is it's just, it matches the class as long as you need it to.

00:43:18.832 --> 00:43:19.692
CATT: And then it's gone.

00:43:19.972 --> 00:43:21.792
CATT: And then I'm like, this is perfect.

00:43:22.072 --> 00:43:26.592
CATT: So I'm like, I really need to make sure I have enough because it's almost daily.

00:43:26.612 --> 00:43:27.952
CATT: That's just my morning coffee.

00:43:27.972 --> 00:43:31.052
CATT: And I know I can order it if we ever actually got into a situation.

00:43:33.712 --> 00:43:37.852
CATT: You know, but yeah, I got to pick up my, my joffries so I can have it at home.

00:43:38.152 --> 00:43:40.172
CATT: And then, you know, we'll see how Gideon's is doing.

00:43:40.192 --> 00:43:43.812
CATT: I'm waiting on my favorite day, which is the first of every month.

00:43:44.032 --> 00:43:46.492
CATT: So I can know what the cookie situation is.

00:43:46.492 --> 00:43:48.412
CATT: So I know that's what I want.

00:43:48.432 --> 00:43:50.492
CATT: And then I have the refillable mug.

00:43:50.492 --> 00:43:53.932
CATT: So I may get a coffee to put in that because that makes me feel fancy.

00:43:54.792 --> 00:43:56.112
VIRGINIA: Oh, they have a refillable mug.

00:43:56.612 --> 00:44:00.872
CATT: Yeah, they have like, it's like a steel, kind of like a tumbler.

00:44:02.152 --> 00:44:06.792
CATT: Now they have it in two sizes, which it's also a problem because now I need both sizes.

00:44:06.812 --> 00:44:11.052
CATT: But I have the original one, which is like the shorter, the old size they used to have the 16 ounce.

00:44:11.392 --> 00:44:12.552
CATT: Yeah, it's really cute.

00:44:12.572 --> 00:44:14.852
CATT: It's got the bats, like gold bats all over it.

00:44:14.892 --> 00:44:16.832
CATT: And then the Gideon's logo on the front.

00:44:16.852 --> 00:44:19.352
CATT: Oh my gosh, it's so needlessly fancy.

00:44:19.472 --> 00:44:21.712
CATT: I love it so much.

00:44:21.732 --> 00:44:24.532
CATT: And it's like a cold insulated little tumbler.

00:44:24.552 --> 00:44:30.392
CATT: So you can, if you get one, you can go to the counter and you just tell them what cold brew you want.

00:44:30.412 --> 00:44:31.612
CATT: And they'll put it in your mug.

00:44:33.012 --> 00:44:37.072
VIRGINIA: Do you get a discount on the cold brew for having it put in the refillable mug?

00:44:37.872 --> 00:44:40.112
CATT: I honestly can't remember if you do or not.

00:44:40.492 --> 00:44:41.612
CATT: I know the mug.

00:44:41.632 --> 00:44:47.052
CATT: I mean, I think you just pay the same amount because the mug itself was like 30 something.

00:44:47.072 --> 00:44:48.512
CATT: It was like 32.

00:44:49.152 --> 00:44:52.012
VIRGINIA: I feel like you should get like a dollar off or something.

00:44:52.512 --> 00:44:53.872
CATT: And honestly, you may.

00:44:53.892 --> 00:44:54.912
CATT: I just don't remember.

00:44:55.112 --> 00:45:04.892
CATT: The problem with Gideon's is when I go in there, I have what I plan to order, what we end up ordering, and then everything kind of just like blacks out from there.

00:45:04.912 --> 00:45:09.552
CATT: So honestly, I couldn't even tell you how much most things cost because we just swipe it and run.

00:45:09.692 --> 00:45:12.172
CATT: So you might.

00:45:12.172 --> 00:45:12.952
CATT: I just but I don't.

00:45:12.972 --> 00:45:16.392
CATT: And maybe I don't realize you do or they're just.

00:45:16.632 --> 00:45:19.532
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm pulling up a picture of it right now.

00:45:19.712 --> 00:45:20.832
VIRGINIA: It's adorable.

00:45:22.432 --> 00:45:23.572
VIRGINIA: It's fricking bats.

00:45:24.092 --> 00:45:24.592
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:45:26.132 --> 00:45:26.552
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:45:26.572 --> 00:45:31.112
VIRGINIA: It says our new Tumbler is made of 1818 stainless steel double wall design.

00:45:31.112 --> 00:45:32.772
VIRGINIA: It won't sweat.

00:45:35.212 --> 00:45:42.552
VIRGINIA: Bring it back on your visits to Gideon's and we'll use your cup instead of ours, helping us reduce the use of evil plastics.

00:45:42.672 --> 00:45:45.432
VIRGINIA: OK, so it's for saving the earth, not saving money.

00:45:45.892 --> 00:45:46.292
CATT: Yeah.

00:45:46.732 --> 00:45:47.672
VIRGINIA: It's real cute, though.

00:45:47.872 --> 00:45:48.992
CATT: Yeah, it is real cute.

00:45:49.012 --> 00:45:53.072
CATT: And honestly, it was one of those where I think that's probably it was like, I don't think you do.

00:45:53.212 --> 00:45:56.332
CATT: But if we do, I've just never realized that that had happened.

00:45:56.812 --> 00:45:58.832
CATT: But when I saw it, I was like, yeah, you know what?

00:45:58.832 --> 00:45:59.612
CATT: I like that.

00:46:00.032 --> 00:46:07.212
CATT: But at the same time, I also like it, you know, like especially in Florida and iced coffee to stay iced will not last.

00:46:07.232 --> 00:46:07.452
CATT: Yeah.

00:46:07.452 --> 00:46:08.772
CATT: And I like to sip them.

00:46:08.932 --> 00:46:13.232
CATT: So, you know, I don't want to I don't want to have to like chug it just to make sure it stays cold.

00:46:13.252 --> 00:46:21.212
CATT: But I don't need it like separating and stuff, which his does not because I think they're they're dairy free because I'm pretty sure they're vegan.

00:46:21.232 --> 00:46:23.752
CATT: The cold brews?

00:46:23.852 --> 00:46:25.892
CATT: Yeah, I'm pretty sure all their cold brews are vegan.

00:46:26.312 --> 00:46:26.772
VIRGINIA: Really?

00:46:26.792 --> 00:46:31.752
CATT: Yeah, because my sister-in-law can drink them because she can't do any kind of dairy.

00:46:31.772 --> 00:46:38.032
CATT: And it was something that didn't even dawn on me when I I just love them.

00:46:38.532 --> 00:46:47.092
CATT: But then when she was like, Oh, yeah, no, I can actually have that because they're supposedly vegan or maybe just dairy free.

00:46:47.952 --> 00:46:49.652
CATT: It's one of those two.

00:46:50.032 --> 00:46:51.972
CATT: And I can't even tell.

00:46:51.992 --> 00:46:53.272
CATT: They're just so delicious.

00:46:53.372 --> 00:46:54.532
VIRGINIA: They're so good.

00:46:54.552 --> 00:46:59.172
CATT: Anything to have a cute mug and still get my cold brew.

00:46:59.192 --> 00:47:00.052
CATT: I'm OK with it.

00:47:00.072 --> 00:47:00.612
CATT: I'm here for it.

00:47:01.052 --> 00:47:05.312
VIRGINIA: It is my favorite cold brew anywhere, anywhere.

00:47:05.332 --> 00:47:07.012
VIRGINIA: The peanut butter cold brew specifically.

00:47:07.032 --> 00:47:08.352
CATT: Oh, my gosh.

00:47:08.592 --> 00:47:09.272
VIRGINIA: So good.

00:47:10.492 --> 00:47:10.792
CATT: Yeah.

00:47:10.812 --> 00:47:17.432
VIRGINIA: I'm going to look and see if it says anything about it being vegan on the website.

00:47:17.632 --> 00:47:21.312
VIRGINIA: It says all coffees use oat milk and are dairy free.

00:47:21.972 --> 00:47:22.412
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:47:23.372 --> 00:47:24.632
VIRGINIA: Well, that's good news.

00:47:24.872 --> 00:47:25.352
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:47:26.572 --> 00:47:27.972
VIRGINIA: I just love those cold brews.

00:47:27.992 --> 00:47:28.632
VIRGINIA: But you're right.

00:47:28.692 --> 00:47:32.092
VIRGINIA: Like in the Florida heat, you need something for it to go in.

00:47:33.552 --> 00:47:42.012
VIRGINIA: So do you remember when you purchased it the first time you got it, did they like wash out your mug and let you put it in that right away?

00:47:42.032 --> 00:47:44.552
VIRGINIA: Or did they hand it to you in a plastic cup?

00:47:45.592 --> 00:47:48.312
CATT: I ordered mine online.

00:47:48.472 --> 00:47:51.112
CATT: I did it like I think it was their Black Friday thing.

00:47:51.132 --> 00:47:54.052
CATT: They were doing like a I think that's actually when it came out.

00:47:55.232 --> 00:48:00.112
CATT: And so I you know, I snagged it because sometimes things can stay for a while.

00:48:00.172 --> 00:48:03.392
CATT: And some things like people snatch up and I was like, I need this.

00:48:03.832 --> 00:48:04.692
CATT: Like that's it.

00:48:04.832 --> 00:48:05.412
CATT: I do.

00:48:06.172 --> 00:48:08.192
CATT: So I brought it washed.

00:48:08.212 --> 00:48:10.732
CATT: They didn't really ask when I showed up.

00:48:10.752 --> 00:48:12.392
CATT: They weren't like, oh, and she washed that out.

00:48:12.412 --> 00:48:15.012
CATT: Or is it like, you know, obviously it wasn't in the packaging or anything.

00:48:15.032 --> 00:48:18.692
CATT: So I think they were like, all right, we trust you.

00:48:18.952 --> 00:48:25.512
CATT: Which I guess like Starbucks does, as long as you're not bringing it with like plastercraft still on it or one of those inserts on how to care for it inside.

00:48:25.532 --> 00:48:28.792
CATT: I guess they're not going to be like, you sure you want us to put stuff in it?

00:48:28.992 --> 00:48:32.532
CATT: But yeah, no, they took it and filled it and then right there.

00:48:32.632 --> 00:48:33.292
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:48:33.472 --> 00:48:37.972
VIRGINIA: Because I'm hopeful to get over to Gideon's really just for the cold brew.

00:48:37.992 --> 00:48:40.832
VIRGINIA: The cookies are great, but I want the cold brew.

00:48:41.212 --> 00:48:41.592
CATT: Yes.

00:48:42.572 --> 00:48:43.732
CATT: That's like my number one.

00:48:43.752 --> 00:48:47.812
CATT: And if the coffee cake cookie is still available, that's like number one A.

00:48:47.932 --> 00:48:50.172
CATT: Like those, that's pretty much all I go for.

00:48:50.472 --> 00:48:56.452
CATT: Janelle's ridiculous, but I get very, I can't take a lot of the like super sweet.

00:48:57.152 --> 00:48:59.512
CATT: And a lot of theirs are, and they're still delicious.

00:48:59.532 --> 00:49:01.772
CATT: It's just, I can't take a lot of it all at one time.

00:49:01.812 --> 00:49:04.672
CATT: But the coffee cake cookie, I can eat that whole thing.

00:49:04.732 --> 00:49:05.812
VIRGINIA: And you'll sacrifice.

00:49:05.832 --> 00:49:06.812
CATT: Yeah, I will.

00:49:07.092 --> 00:49:07.672
CATT: It will happen.

00:49:07.692 --> 00:49:08.832
CATT: I can make that work for sure.

00:49:10.032 --> 00:49:10.552
CATT: All right.

00:49:10.872 --> 00:49:13.512
VIRGINIA: Anything else on Thursday, June the 6th?

00:49:13.952 --> 00:49:15.472
VIRGINIA: Any dining plans?

00:49:15.992 --> 00:49:22.432
CATT: No, we were, well, I was, I was considering some sort of character dining this trip.

00:49:23.612 --> 00:49:32.752
CATT: But I think I still have that weird age group where they are not as comfortable interacting right now.

00:49:33.372 --> 00:49:55.852
CATT: And as much as I personally wanted to go, it's not, you know, it's not worth putting everybody else through that yet until I kind of, I may have them meet some more characters this time around, but without that huge character dining price tag and see how that goes, and that will tell me if we're moving closer to being able to do that at like a sit down.

00:49:56.292 --> 00:49:56.612
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:49:57.412 --> 00:50:10.652
CATT: So yeah, no, we're just gonna kind of, yeah, I mean, I know it's weird because a lot of my trips are usually like very, every single day has a whole laundry list of things, but I wanted this one to be a little bit more relaxing.

00:50:10.752 --> 00:50:17.852
CATT: And of course, because of the resort it is like I wanted to kind of match that vibe and just want to enjoy it because it's our home resort.

00:50:17.872 --> 00:50:18.792
CATT: It's our favorite.

00:50:18.812 --> 00:50:20.232
CATT: We've never stayed there before.

00:50:20.252 --> 00:50:23.052
CATT: So I want to really like get all that I can out of it.

00:50:23.072 --> 00:50:24.732
CATT: Like I said, check out the resort activities.

00:50:24.752 --> 00:50:34.112
CATT: Like I'm going to get one of those papers where they actually list them all so I can keep track of every day and try to at least do a couple of the different ones, you know, and then I want to enjoy the pool.

00:50:34.112 --> 00:50:34.472
CATT: Really?

00:50:34.832 --> 00:50:40.432
CATT: That's, I mean, a lot of those, a lot of that kind of in between time, probably even some of our park breaks are going to be that.

00:50:41.052 --> 00:50:46.592
CATT: I wouldn't hate like doing a good wait list for maybe like a skipper canteen, maybe on our Magic Kingdom Day.

00:50:48.692 --> 00:51:01.892
CATT: But yeah, for the most part, we're just going to, we're going to survive on quick service and some of the snacks and little things that we'll bring and just try to cut some of the costs and a little some a couple of our groceries and just kind of, you know, just feel it out.

00:51:01.912 --> 00:51:05.932
CATT: And if something seems like we want to try it, then we'll go for it.

00:51:05.952 --> 00:51:09.772
CATT: But yeah, it's pretty much going to be more after like what we actually ended up doing.

00:51:09.792 --> 00:51:10.052
CATT: Yeah.

00:51:10.532 --> 00:51:13.172
CATT: Then kind of what we have planned, which is weird for me.

00:51:13.192 --> 00:51:17.112
CATT: And I struggle with it because, you know, I want to plan all every minute.

00:51:17.132 --> 00:51:27.852
VIRGINIA: But I just interviewed somebody recently who said she really wants to be able to go with the flow.

00:51:27.872 --> 00:51:28.972
VIRGINIA: But when does the flow start?

00:51:30.332 --> 00:51:35.932
VIRGINIA: And I was like, I've never heard a better quote on trying to go with the flow.

00:51:36.652 --> 00:51:38.392
CATT: Like, yeah, it's difficult.

00:51:38.472 --> 00:51:40.592
CATT: It is, you know, like I want it.

00:51:40.612 --> 00:51:42.492
CATT: That's why I'm like, should we do a Genie Plus?

00:51:42.512 --> 00:51:44.392
CATT: I'm like, I'm already like stressed about that.

00:51:44.412 --> 00:51:46.292
CATT: It's not because I want to do every single ride.

00:51:46.312 --> 00:51:49.952
CATT: That was why I was like, then why do I want Genie Plus?

00:51:49.972 --> 00:51:51.132
CATT: We don't need to do them all.

00:51:51.172 --> 00:51:52.792
CATT: We don't want to do all the things.

00:51:53.212 --> 00:52:05.052
CATT: There's a little part of me that kind of wants to, even though it's not our favorite, that kind of wants to have the kids ride the test track, because this version is going away literally the week after we leave.

00:52:05.352 --> 00:52:10.912
CATT: I don't think they're going to care when they're older, but I know for me, I rode the original one, the Dummies.

00:52:11.672 --> 00:52:12.532
CATT: I remember that one.

00:52:12.832 --> 00:52:15.992
CATT: And then I've been on this one, this newer one, which is fine.

00:52:16.012 --> 00:52:17.352
CATT: It's just not our favorite.

00:52:17.372 --> 00:52:19.392
CATT: It's just okay.

00:52:19.992 --> 00:52:21.332
CATT: But the kids have never ridden it.

00:52:21.352 --> 00:52:23.332
CATT: I'm like, well, this might be their only shot for this.

00:52:23.432 --> 00:52:27.572
CATT: And obviously, they're probably not going to change it too, too much.

00:52:27.772 --> 00:52:32.312
CATT: I'm guessing it's still going to be pretty much the same, just a little bit better theme.

00:52:33.132 --> 00:52:40.512
CATT: But I'm like, should we have them do it just so they can say, oh, I remember when it was that old one where you test drove a car that you made.

00:52:41.672 --> 00:52:43.892
VIRGINIA: I think you should have them do it for two reasons.

00:52:44.092 --> 00:52:47.752
VIRGINIA: One, even when it goes fast, it's very smooth.

00:52:48.052 --> 00:52:51.292
VIRGINIA: So I think they probably would enjoy it.

00:52:51.732 --> 00:52:56.392
VIRGINIA: You have that one fast burst where you're going out on the track.

00:52:56.412 --> 00:53:00.872
VIRGINIA: But other than that, it's not a hugely exciting ride.

00:53:01.552 --> 00:53:12.392
VIRGINIA: And if your daughter really loves to plan her own future, I'm guessing that she and your son would probably enjoy designing their cars and that part of the process.

00:53:13.072 --> 00:53:26.572
VIRGINIA: So even if maybe they don't end up actually getting on it and taking the chicken exit or something, I would just let them design a car, which I think, you know what, now that I'm saying that I think you can do that in the exit to the ride.

00:53:26.872 --> 00:53:34.472
VIRGINIA: So if they decide they're not going to ride it, I think you can go and play around with those screens in the exit and not really take up space in the queue.

00:53:34.532 --> 00:53:36.092
VIRGINIA: But anyway, we'll see.

00:53:36.132 --> 00:53:37.732
VIRGINIA: We'll see what they what they want to do.

00:53:38.152 --> 00:53:38.492
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:53:38.772 --> 00:53:40.612
CATT: So it's kind of one of those things where I'm leaving it open.

00:53:40.652 --> 00:53:55.512
CATT: I especially I have to be very careful when I plan a day like Epcot, because I know if I'm not coming in from one of those Epcot resorts board Walker Beach and if I'm not coming from the Skyliner, Remy is just not going to happen and I'm not willing to punch people over it.

00:53:55.592 --> 00:53:58.732
CATT: It's just it's just not going to it's fine.

00:53:59.072 --> 00:53:59.432
CATT: Yeah.

00:53:59.732 --> 00:54:00.392
CATT: And I love it.

00:54:00.392 --> 00:54:01.232
CATT: It's adorable.

00:54:01.252 --> 00:54:05.652
CATT: But it's also been, you know, it's been a little mean lately.

00:54:05.852 --> 00:54:09.652
CATT: Like the last couple of times we've gone and just recently just in general, it's been very dramatic.

00:54:09.792 --> 00:54:12.692
CATT: It goes down a lot, which I know is not new.

00:54:12.712 --> 00:54:13.812
CATT: Like it's just like Rise.

00:54:13.832 --> 00:54:14.772
CATT: It's that trackless.

00:54:14.952 --> 00:54:15.912
CATT: It's very sensitive.

00:54:16.872 --> 00:54:21.292
CATT: But it's also like the last two times we've gone, we've walked up.

00:54:21.852 --> 00:54:23.072
CATT: And I think one time we had a light.

00:54:23.172 --> 00:54:24.652
CATT: I think both times we had a lightning lane.

00:54:25.432 --> 00:54:35.172
CATT: And the lightning lane was like almost to the back, like past the fountain back, almost to the end of like before you turn and you look over and there's like no queue.

00:54:35.512 --> 00:54:37.472
CATT: But it says it's like 100 minute wait.

00:54:37.712 --> 00:54:41.092
CATT: And I'm like, okay, I have been in this queue when it said 65 minutes.

00:54:41.112 --> 00:54:43.492
CATT: And we were out here in this portion.

00:54:43.512 --> 00:54:49.212
CATT: Like where are the people if it's 100 minutes and the lightning lane is all the way back here.

00:54:49.212 --> 00:54:51.032
CATT: And it's like it's gone backwards.

00:54:51.112 --> 00:54:53.432
CATT: And I thought it was just that time.

00:54:53.452 --> 00:54:55.352
CATT: But then the last time we were there, it was like that.

00:54:55.432 --> 00:55:04.232
CATT: And then the other day, I think somebody had mentioned that to like somebody like just a random Instagram post I happen to see was talking about.

00:55:04.252 --> 00:55:05.552
CATT: I'm like, what is its deal?

00:55:05.572 --> 00:55:07.232
CATT: Like, why is it being like this lately?

00:55:07.312 --> 00:55:11.672
CATT: It's just so odd for the lightning lanes to be continuously backed up on that ride.

00:55:11.692 --> 00:55:12.512
CATT: And I wonder why.

00:55:12.532 --> 00:55:20.232
VIRGINIA: I think it's probably because it goes down so often that people's lightning lane time doesn't get to get used.

00:55:20.252 --> 00:55:22.052
VIRGINIA: And so then they have to come back at a different time.

00:55:22.072 --> 00:55:23.812
VIRGINIA: And then they all kind of come back at one time.

00:55:24.112 --> 00:55:25.452
VIRGINIA: Everybody has their lightning lanes.

00:55:25.472 --> 00:55:29.772
VIRGINIA: They all hop in the lightning lane line, which then makes the standby line look like it's nothing.

00:55:30.192 --> 00:55:38.092
VIRGINIA: But then the standby line actually does take a long time because the ride operators have to get all of those lightning lane people in and on the ride.

00:55:38.472 --> 00:55:43.752
VIRGINIA: I think that because it goes down, that's what's causing all of these other line issues.

00:55:44.832 --> 00:55:49.072
VIRGINIA: So yeah, I think you still get through faster in the lightning lane, even though it looks so long.

00:55:49.512 --> 00:55:49.912
CATT: Oh, yeah.

00:55:49.932 --> 00:55:50.752
CATT: Yeah, it was quick.

00:55:50.772 --> 00:55:57.452
CATT: Well, the one time, the time before that, when we actually had a lightning lane and it was backed up, they closed the queue and they sent everybody out of it.

00:55:58.472 --> 00:56:01.812
CATT: So it's one of those where I'm like, what is your deal lately?

00:56:01.832 --> 00:56:06.232
CATT: Like, I feel like the first, I don't know, probably three times we wrote it, it was probably fine.

00:56:06.252 --> 00:56:09.792
CATT: Of course, we rope dropped and we were coming from the Skyliner and these lightning lanes.

00:56:09.812 --> 00:56:15.032
CATT: I just feel like I've had more success rope dropping it from the back end than using a lightning lane for it.

00:56:15.052 --> 00:56:16.152
CATT: I'm like, that's weird.

00:56:16.972 --> 00:56:22.872
CATT: So yeah, that's not we're not going to prioritize it this time unless stars align or unless we do do Genie Plus, we'll get it.

00:56:22.892 --> 00:56:24.852
CATT: And we'll just get it right every time we can or something.

00:56:24.872 --> 00:56:28.892
CATT: And then rope drop test track, if that's something we decide to do, we'll hit that first.

00:56:29.352 --> 00:56:29.672
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:56:29.892 --> 00:56:31.672
CATT: You know, and that's if we decide to get there early.

00:56:32.172 --> 00:56:38.252
CATT: You know, we're I'm also kind of trying to tell myself it's OK if we don't use the early entry.

00:56:38.392 --> 00:56:40.232
CATT: If we don't want to rope drop, that's all right.

00:56:40.532 --> 00:56:42.212
CATT: You know, either way is fine.

00:56:42.232 --> 00:56:45.232
CATT: If we don't have a huge list of things to do, that's OK.

00:56:45.772 --> 00:56:46.092
VIRGINIA: Mm hmm.

00:56:46.632 --> 00:56:51.912
CATT: And, you know, I'm trying to get I mean, not just the pass holder in me that's like, yeah, you don't need to do all that.

00:56:51.932 --> 00:56:52.272
CATT: You're good.

00:56:53.592 --> 00:56:55.772
CATT: But also, I think it's helpful to so that way.

00:56:56.692 --> 00:57:03.272
CATT: Like when I'm helping clients, I can be like, well, I've gone to Magic Kingdom at Rope Drop and it's a lot and terrifying.

00:57:03.552 --> 00:57:10.492
CATT: And you could do this or you could have just as much success doing this if these are what you want to do.

00:57:10.552 --> 00:57:12.492
CATT: And you could make it work.

00:57:12.492 --> 00:57:22.072
CATT: And so it's kind of nice having those different strategies that I have the privilege of getting to try out without needing to impact, you know, really anything.

00:57:22.852 --> 00:57:23.252
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:57:23.452 --> 00:57:23.792
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:57:23.912 --> 00:57:24.232
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:57:24.652 --> 00:57:31.312
VIRGINIA: And helping families try to come to that conclusion on what's going to work best for them, because, you know, every family is different.

00:57:31.332 --> 00:57:32.892
VIRGINIA: Every vacation is different.

00:57:32.912 --> 00:57:38.632
VIRGINIA: And it's really just, you know, what works for you one day may not work for you a different day just based on what your plans are.

00:57:38.912 --> 00:57:39.192
VIRGINIA: So.

00:57:40.312 --> 00:57:40.672
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:57:40.692 --> 00:57:44.172
VIRGINIA: Well, we are to Friday, June the 7th, which is your departure day.

00:57:44.372 --> 00:57:49.372
VIRGINIA: So what time do you anticipate pulling out from the resort to head home?

00:57:50.912 --> 00:57:52.892
CATT: I am hoping as late as possible.

00:57:53.552 --> 00:57:53.972
VIRGINIA: OK.

00:57:54.292 --> 00:58:00.652
CATT: But since I don't do a majority of the driving, it'll be kind of up to whenever we're getting ready to leave.

00:58:00.972 --> 00:58:16.432
CATT: In the past, when we were trying to make it home by a certain time, either because we had child care that needed to be relieved or we had work coming up, like if we did one of those crazy weekends and we legitimately needed to be at work, we would usually leave between like four and five just.

00:58:16.612 --> 00:58:21.592
CATT: And then again, to get out of the hot spots before traffic, you know, Orlando, Jacksonville, you know.

00:58:22.632 --> 00:58:25.872
CATT: But this time, I'm like, well, we don't really have to be anywhere.

00:58:25.892 --> 00:58:27.112
CATT: We're coming home on a Friday.

00:58:27.132 --> 00:58:40.572
CATT: So even if we had things we needed to do a weekend, you know, so I'm like, you know, we wanted to wake up, maybe get one last breakfast, a couple of making waffles for the road, you know, we could do that too.

00:58:40.692 --> 00:58:42.752
CATT: And, you know, just roll with it.

00:58:42.772 --> 00:58:54.812
CATT: I mean, it's a Friday, something theoretically, as long as we don't leave too late, we're not really at risk of hitting our Charlotte traffic, which could be could be scary.

00:58:54.892 --> 00:58:57.412
CATT: But, you know, we'll have to see.

00:58:57.872 --> 00:59:01.552
CATT: We haven't had that conversation yet because I don't like talking about going home.

00:59:01.572 --> 00:59:05.812
CATT: He'll ask me literally like the first night that we're there or even sometimes the first day.

00:59:05.832 --> 00:59:06.952
CATT: He's like, what time do you want to leave on Friday?

00:59:06.972 --> 00:59:07.892
CATT: I'm like, I'm not talking about that.

00:59:08.652 --> 00:59:10.912
CATT: No, we're not discussing it.

00:59:11.932 --> 00:59:12.492
VIRGINIA: Come on.

00:59:12.512 --> 00:59:14.292
CATT: We don't need to know that right now, okay?

00:59:15.592 --> 00:59:16.612
CATT: We're not leaving ever.

00:59:19.712 --> 00:59:20.272
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:59:20.412 --> 00:59:32.412
VIRGINIA: Well, Catt, I hope that you have a wonderful vacation and we are all looking very forward to hearing all of the details and seeing what kind of shenanigans you get into this time.

00:59:33.292 --> 00:59:34.772
CATT: Oh, I hope there will be shenanigans.

00:59:34.932 --> 00:59:35.232
CATT: Don't worry.

00:59:36.172 --> 00:59:39.112
VIRGINIA: Listen, if you're involved, I know there will be shenanigans.

00:59:39.732 --> 00:59:40.152
CATT: Always.

00:59:40.172 --> 00:59:41.392
CATT: I can't help it.

00:59:42.072 --> 00:59:44.152
CATT: It's even scarier since I don't have a plan, too.

00:59:44.172 --> 00:59:47.412
CATT: That just means surprise shenanigans can happen at any point, and I'm okay with that, too.

00:59:47.872 --> 00:59:48.172
VIRGINIA: Uh-huh.

00:59:48.332 --> 00:59:48.572
VIRGINIA: Yep.

00:59:49.692 --> 00:59:50.152
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:59:50.172 --> 00:59:51.112
VIRGINIA: I will talk to you very soon.

00:59:51.612 --> 00:59:51.992
CATT: All right.

00:59:54.712 --> 00:59:57.912
VIRGINIA: Thank you again to Catt for coming back on the show.

00:59:58.212 --> 01:00:02.792
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01:00:03.512 --> 01:00:09.712
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